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UTF 414 - Financial Risk and Derivatives

Faculty of Business and Management Sciences · Economics · Undergraduate

ECTS: 5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 University Elective
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Course Objective

The aim of this course is to explain the basic techniques of financial risk management and instruments necessary to manage financial risks arising from interest, exchange rate and price changes.

Course Content

Organization of Futures Markets, Pricing of Futures Contracts, Financial Futures with Hedging and Speculation, Types of Forward Contracts, Basics of Option Markets, Types and Pricing of Swaps, Derivative Markets Strategies, Derivative Markets in Turkey

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. They will learn the differences and functioning of futures and forward markets.
  2. They will learn general information about option markets.
  3. They will learn derivative market strategies

Core Area Distribution

(34) Business and Administration%30 (46) Mathematics and Statistics%50 (54) Manufacturing and Processing%20